Waxy Definition
waxy
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English
Pronunciation
- enPR: wăkʹsē, IPA: /ˈwæksi/, SAMPA: /"w{ksi/
- Rhymes: -æksi
Etymology 1
From wax (“soft oily substance”) + -y.
Adjective
waxy (comparative waxier, superlative waxiest)
- Resembling wax in texture or appearance.
Derived terms
- waxily
- waxiness
- waxy cap, waxycap
- waxy cast
- waxy corn
- waxy degeneration
- waxy disease
- waxy finger
- waxy flexibility
- waxy kidney
- waxy liver
- waxy maize
- waxy monkey leaf frog
- waxy potato
- waxy spleen
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Etymology 2
From wax (“fit of anger”) + -y.
Adjective
waxy (comparative more waxy, superlative most waxy)
- (regional, colloquial) Angry.
- 1913, DH Lawrence, Sons and Lovers, Penguin 2006, p. 385:
- A man said he'd give me five pounds if I'd paint him and his missis and the dog and the cottage. And I went and put the fowls in instead of the dog, and he was waxy, so I had to knock a quid off.
- 1913, DH Lawrence, Sons and Lovers, Penguin 2006, p. 385:
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